IE · 2016 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Ireland, 2016
In 2016, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 3.7% compared to 2015, reaching 50.4.
Ireland accounts for 96.0% of the EU-27 total of 52.5.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.5% (from 45.6 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.